Capoeta trutta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Tribus: Barbini
Genus: Capoeta
Species: Capoeta trutta

Name

Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843)

• Syntypes: NMW 55926 (1), 55928 (2), 55935-37 (2, 2, 1), 55939-42 (4, 1, 3, 1); ?RMNH 3164 [ex NMW] (1) Aleppo; SMF 923 [ex NMW in 1843] (1), 2567 [ex NMW in 1844] (1); ZMB 8789 (1, dry)

Type locality: Aleppo, Syria; Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq.

Etymology: referring to resemblance of its small scales and x-shaped spots to those of the Brown Trout, Salmo trutta. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Scaphiodon trutta Heckel, 1843
• Varicorhinus capoetoides Pellegrin, 1938

References

• Heckel, J.J. 1843. Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: Russegger, J. von: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1(2): 990–1099. Reference page. 
• Zareian, H., Esmaeili, H.R., Heidari, A., Khoshkholgh, M. & Mousavi-Sabet, H. 2016. Contribution to the molecular systematics of the genus Capoeta from the south Caspian Sea basin using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Biology Research Communications 5(2): 65–75. PDF.Reference page. 

Links

• Capoeta trutta in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Capoeta trutta in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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